The School of Public Health and Health Sciences honored a group of nearly two dozen undergraduate and graduate students during the 2019 SPHHS Awards Celebration. Student award recipients were recognized for outstanding achievements in the classroom, in research, and through service to the community.
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May 22, 2019
Research findings from the Social and Economic Impacts of Gambling in Massachusetts (SEIGMA) study, led by Research Associate Professor of Epidemiology Rachel Volberg, have been cited in a Topic article on the potential harm state-lotteries pose to Americans.
May 22, 2019
The Delta Omega Honor Society Rho Chapter inducted new members into its ranks during its annual luncheon in April.
May 22, 2019
Rachel Volberg, Research Associate Professor of Epidemiology and principal investigator of the Social and Economic Impacts of Gambling in Massachusetts (SEIGMA) study, was interviewed by the BBC World Service in London.
April 2, 2019
The School of Public Health and Health Sciences held its 22nd Annual Research Day on April 2, 2019, in the Campus Center Auditorium. Epidemiology doctoral student Christine Langton took home first prize for her research.
March 27, 2019
An article criticizing the state of Illinois for doing little to address gambling addiction after video gambling was made legal there in 2012, quotes Rachel Volberg, Research Associate Professor of Epidemiology and principal investigator of the Social and Economic Impacts of Gambling in Massachusetts (SEIGMA) study.
March 27, 2019
The Physical Activity in Pregnancy Lab is seeking healthy pregnant women who are between the ages of 18-40 and less than 12 weeks pregnant, to participate in a study to measure the accuracy of a pregnancy physical activity questionnaire.
March 26, 2019
Three faculty from the School of Public Health and Health Sciences are among the six 2019-20 Family Research Scholars selected by the University of Massachusetts Amherst Center for Research on Families (CRF). The CRF chooses six faculty members each year for the program based on their promising work in family-related research. The SPHHS recipients were Airín Martínez and Jennifer Whitehill, Assistant Professors in the Department of Health Promotion and Policy, and Nicole VanKim, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology.
March 11, 2019
Associate professors Alicia Timme-Laragy (Environmental Health Sciences) and Brian Whitcomb (Epidemiology) are among the eight UMass Amherst faculty members who have been named Public Engagement Faculty Fellows.
February 25, 2019
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology Youssef Oulhote is quoted in a story about research on "bug bombs" conducted from North Carolina State University. Oulhote’s previous research has concluded that synthetic pyrethroids, the main ingredient in bug bombs, are closely linked to behavioral problems in children.
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